Woman&#39;s union suit



April 1 1924.

HASQZQfi T. HANSEL WOMANS UNION SUIT Filed July 5. 1923 Safe-mm;

fatented Apr. 1, 1924.

TILLIE HAN'SEL, O-F CEN'TR-ALIA, WASHINGTON.

WOMAN S UNION SUIT.

Application filed July 3, 1923.- Serial No. 649,359.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TILLIE HANSEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Centralia, in the county of Lewis and State 6 oflVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVVomens Union Suits, of which the following is a specification.

My said invention relates to an improve- 10 ment in undergarments and itis an object thereof to provide an improved garment de signed especiallyto be worn under a corset, though it is not necessarily limited to suchuse. It is a matter of common knowledge that where a union suit is wornunder a corset it becomes wrinkled and the overlapping parts at the rearare often doubled or folded in such a manner as to be very uncomfortableand almost impossible for the wearer to straighten, especially wherelong hip corsets are worn. I have therefore designed a garment which Icall the ladys comfort union suit and in which it becomes a very easyand simple matter to straighten out wrinkles and folds, even under acorset.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof andon which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is an elevation showing my device in use,

Figure 2, a similar figure showing my device in use where a corset isworn over the suit, and

Figure 8, a view illustrating one position of an edge of the suit.

In the drawings reference character 10 indicates a union suit having aposterior opening closed by overlapping flaps the edges of which areindicated at 11 and 12. To enable anyone, and particularly the wearer,to straighten the rear parts of the garment I attach a pair of tapes 13and 1e thereto. Each tape is secured at its front end to the side of thesuit as at 15 and at its rear end to the extreme edge of the oppositeoverlapping portion. The tape marked 14 has an opening provided for itat 16 where it passes through the outer flap, this opening beingprotected by taping, button hole stitching or other conventional ordesirable means.

It will be evident that the overlapping flaps can readily be pulled intoplace and that this can be done by the wearer even when encumbered by acorset. In Figure 2 I have illustrated the latter condition, the

corset 17 covering a large part of the union suit and making itinconvenient to get at and almost impossible to straighten. By makingthe tapes long enough to hang down at the sides well below the bottom ofthe corset I insure convenience in this respect and make it certain thatthey can be reached, after which the parts can be drawn into shape asillustrated.

Figure 3 illustrates a position often assumed by parts of a union suit,which renders the wearer nervous and irritable, by reason of theresulting miserable discomfort, and may cause chafing or be otherwisepainful.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In a union suit having a posterior opening and overlapping flapsextending downward from substantially the waist line of the garment tocover said opening, tapes each having one end secured to the free edgeof a flap below the hip line of the garment and secured at its other endto the side of the garment at a distance from the opposite side of saidopening, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Denver,Colorado this 20th day of June, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

'IILLIE HANSEL.

Witnesses:

Mrs. PER. OLSSON, RICHARD G. SELKE.

